Fodder scam: Jharkhand HC rejects Lalu’s bail plea

New Delhi: Jharkhand High Court on Thursday rejected the bail petition moved by RJD supremo and ex-Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is serving five-year sentence after being convicted in a fodder scam case.

After conclusion of the hearing by the CBI counsel against Lalu's bail plea, the bench of Justice RR Prasad on Wednesday reserved the order for Thursday.

The court had on October 25 granted provisional bail to another former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra.

Lalu, Mishra and 43 others were on September 30 convicted by the special CBI court Judge Pravas Kumar Singh in fodder scam case involving fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore from Chaibasa Treasury during the Lalu-led RJD government in 90s.